DIY AirPlay 2 Audio Receiver with Shairport-Sync. Turn any speaker into AirPlay 2 Speaker.

[@gregf9160]

I've had shairplay-sync running on a pi for over a year now, driving an old set of Harman Kardon sound stick speakers (via a cheap USB DAC) and it works as an airplay receiver just great.

[@jamesoloughlin]

Haha I’m literally here doing this for old Harman Kardon Soundsticks too. I guess we can’t let them go to waste.

[@secheligefpv]

Great video thanks to you !

[@archieatkins3022]

Thank you! Very helpful. The only thing is the device won’t autostart shairport. Do you have any solution for this?

[@juanthemaker]

you can refer the 2:40. The "sudo systemctl enable shairport-sync" command will allow shairport-sync to start at boot.

[@anandshah71]

Rasbeery Pi zero is the lowest cost will try on that. Any idea how to get optical out instead of the headphone jack

[@juanthemaker]

It's recommended to use Raspberry Pi Zero 2 instead of Raspberry Pi Zero due to potential issues discussed in github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/discussions/1229. As for the output device, you can refer to the documentation at github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/blob/master/ADVANCED%20TOPICS/InitialConfiguration.md#specifying-the-output-device-and-mixer-control.

[@anandshah71]

@@juanthemaker thank you for the reply and suggestion 🙏🏻

[@derrickpham7987]

That’s awesome

[@TheUncleClaude]

Great video thanks for this tutorial, however I don't get any sound from my jack output or HDMI, I already checked the config everything seems alright and I also tested the audio via command line and the output/speakers works, so it really seems to come from the shairport, any ideas what else I could check? Thank you

[@juanthemaker]

TBH, I have no idea. It could be other processes in the system interfere with the Shairport-Sync. I believe you already raise the issue on the shairport-sync repository. I suggest adding the log info for the developer to understand better.

[@atilla1950]

Awesome video. I can get the shairport-sync running via terminal and then stream, but I can't make it so that it stays open and starts automatically. I get the following problem when doing this: ~/shairport-sync $ sudo systemctl enable shairport-sync Failed to enable unit: Unit file /lib/systemd/system/shairport-sync.service is masked. Any ideas what I can do? Thank you

[@juanthemaker]

Have you tried to unmask it? $ sudo systemctl unmask name.service

[@o1prime]

Hi, great job! Can i use this method to send music from laptop to Bluetooth speaker with Bluetooth connection? I have a lot of Bluetooth speakers and I want to connect them to raspberry pi via Bluetooth but I can’t connect them to raspberry with audio jack or any other wires.

[@juanthemaker]

I think Shairport-Sync doesn’t support Bluetooth output. You can try using the OS’s Bluetooth feature to connect your speaker: Shairport-Sync -> OS’s Bluetooth -> speaker.

[@rishikleo]

can i run this directly on macos

[@juanthemaker]

I think macOS already has this feature.

[@dominikrudkowski]

I tried doing it on mac - sadly it didnt work :(

[@juanthemaker]

I think macOS already has this feature.

[@LikelyLagging]

Is this still viable in 2024?

[@juanthemaker]

yes.